1、课时作业17.阅读理解AAlong with the progress of reform and opening up, the Chinese film industry has also made remarkable achievements and economic growth. It has recorded social changes in the past decades through the medium of the film. The film market of China has been much better than that of North Ameri
2、ca, becoming the largest in the world during the first season of 2019.In the original stage of reform and opening up, old Chinese movies were rescreened and foreign movies dubbed (译制). Audiences enthusiasm for movies was lighted up by both these practices. In 1979, the attendance of Chinese moviegoe
3、rs reached a record high of 29.3 billion. However, televisions and other entertainment activities sprang up in the late 1980s and drew many audiences away from movies when the film market faced a danger.The employment of a socialist market economy in China in 1992 brought energy again to the film in
4、dustry. With the introduction of free competition and reforms, it made an abundant recovery and experienced rapid growth. In the same period, China began to introduce overseas movies into the home market, especially those from Hollywood. Despite the argument that foreign movies occupy the space of h
5、omemade ones, Chinese movies with increasingly higher quality have gained a firm foothold in the local market with box offices setting several new records.The development of the Internet has added new energy to the Chinese film industry. In 2015, the powerful Internet companies, one called Tencent a
6、nd another Alibada, developed their own film arm and began to adapt popular online stories for movies. With big data, more accurate marketing skills can target specific audiences to satisfy their personal preferences. Yet the development of online cinemas may pose threats to the survival of offline
7、ones. Now the film industry is exploring more advanced film screening technologies to provide audiences with an improved movie experience.本文是一篇说明文。随着改革开放的发展,中国电影业也取得了显著的成就,成为经济增长形势下的一道繁荣景象。中国电影业通过电影媒介记录了中国过去几十年的社会变化,并且在不断地发展、创新。1Which threat did the Chinese film market face in the late 1980s?APopula
8、rity of televisions.BDevelopment of online cinemas.CA slowdown in economic growth.DIntroduction of overseas movies.答案:A解析:细节理解题。由第二段中的最后一句可知,中国电影业在20世纪80年代末期因电视和其他娱乐活动的突然兴起而面临威胁,故选项A正确。2What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refer to?AThe space of Chinese movies.BThe Chinese film industry
9、.CThe socialist market economy.DThe introduction of reform and opening up.答案:B解析:代词指代题。由画线词上文中的“when the film market faced a danger”“The employment of.to the film industry”和下文中的“China began to introduce overseas movies into the home market”“Chinese movies.a firm foothold”可推知,画线词指代“the Chinese film i
10、ndustry”。3What does the author indicate in the end?AOnline cinemas will replace traditional ones sooner.BThe film screening technology is the key to films success.CThe Internet is a twoedged sword for the film industry.DMovies made by Tencent and Alibaba are most successful.答案:C解析:推理判断题。综合分析最后一段中的“T
11、he development of the Internet.film industry”和“Yet the development of.of offline ones”可知,互联网的发展对电影产业的发展有利有弊,故选C项。4What would be the best title for the text?AThe Everchanging Film MarketBPopular Online FilmsCAdvanced Film TechnologiesDFlourishing Chinese Film Industry答案:D解析:标题判断题。由文章的首句及全文的叙述即可概括文章主旨
12、为中国电影业的繁荣发展,故选项D最适合作文章的标题。BThere is more of a connection between food and culture than you may think. On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our culture. It becomes a part of who we are. Many associate food from our childhood with warm feelings and good memories and it ties us to our
13、families, holding a special and personal value for us. Food from our family often becomes the comfort food we seek as adults in times of frustration and stress.On a large scale, traditional food is an important part of culture. It also operates as an expression of culture identity. Immigrants bring
14、it wherever they go, and it is a symbol of pride for their culture and means of coping with homesickness.Many immigrants open their own restaurants and serve traditional dishes. However, the food does not remain exactly the same. Some materials needed to make traditional dishes may not be readily av
15、ailable, so the taste and flavor can be different from what they would prepare in their home countries. Additionally, immigrants do not only sell dishes to people from the same countries as them, but to people from different countries. Therefore, they have to make small changes about the original di
16、shes to cater to a wider range of customers. Those changes can create new flavors that still keep the cultural significance of the dishes.We should embrace our heritage (传统) through our cultures food but also become more informed about other cultures by trying their food. It is important to remember
17、 that each dish has a special place in the culture to which it belongs, and is special to those who prepare it. Food is a window into culture, and it should be treated as such.本文是一篇议论文,主要探讨了食物和文化之间的联系。5Whats the function of food mentioned in the text?ATo help motivate homesickness.BTo show national
18、identity.CTo reflect a countrys history.DTo show a communitys superiority.答案:B解析:细节理解题。根据第二段第一、二句的内容可知,文章中提到的食物的作用是显示国家身份。6What does the underlined “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?AThe specific traditional food.BThe national culture.CA traditional expression of food.DThe oldfashioned taste.答案:A解析:词义猜测题
19、。通读第二段可知,传统食物是文化的一个重要部分,它显示了文化身份,移民不管去哪儿都带着它,它象征着对自己文化的骄傲,也是处理乡愁的方法。由此可推知,it指代传统食物。7Why do some immigrants have to change the original dishes in their restaurant?ATo attach cultural importance to their dishes.BTo announce the beginning of their life on foreign soil.CTo make the dishes popular among
20、customers.DTo present their own food culture in a new way.答案:C解析:细节理解题。根据第三段的内容,尤其是第四、五句可知,移民不仅把菜肴卖给来自相同国家的人,而且卖给不同国家的人。为了使菜肴受到顾客的欢迎,一些移民不得不改变传统的菜肴。8Whats the authors attitude towards different food cultures?ANegative. BBalanced.CUnfair. DUnchangeable.答案:B解析:观点态度题。根据最后一段的内容,尤其是第一句可知,我们应该通过我们文化的食物来接受
21、我们的文化遗产,但也应该通过品尝其他文化的食物来了解更多文化。由此可推知,作者对不同的食物文化持客观公正的态度。.七选五Curiosity seems to be within us right from birth. _1_ This is most evident in students who have just graduated from college. Below are four effective ways to keep learning after you complete your college education.Learn a foreign language.
22、You have always wished to learn another language, but something was always holding you back. The completion of college studies opens the right doorway for learning the language youve always desired. Learning a second language has social, economic, and mental benefits. _2_Build your vocabulary. Accor
23、ding to recent research, people who have superior vocabularies have superior IQs. Therefore, why not build up your vocabulary? _3_ The more words you have on your side, the more ideas you can express with ease. Vocabulary building is not easy in the beginning, but if you keep practicing, your word b
24、ank will certainly become enlarged with time.Take online courses. Therere plenty of wonderful courses online. _4_ Ever wondered whats going on in the mind of the person sitting next to you on the bus? Take a psychology crash course. Always wanted to improve your public speaking? Get a course for you
25、rself online. Online courses provide you with a more comfortable learning environment and flexibility in planning your study time._5_ Entrepreneurship (企业家能力) is a life skill. When college is over, you can have a lot of time to set up a firm around an idea that youve always thought would work. Being
26、 an entrepreneur helps you learn a lot of things, like team management, time management, public speaking, and so on.AStart a business.BTake a continuing education class.CIn fact, words are the representation of opinions.DLearning doesnt have to be all about getting a grade.EBesides, it helps to impr
27、ove memory and make our minds stay quick.FAnd whats even better is that most of them wont charge you anything.GHowever, as we grow older, this natural tendency to learn new things starts to fade away.本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了大学毕业后继续学习的几种方式。1G解析:该空设于段中,与上文内容构成语义上的转折关系,说明随着我们慢慢长大,我们逐渐失去了学习新鲜事物的欲望。2E解析:该空设于段尾,与上一
28、句内容之间存在递进关系,说明再学习一种语言可以增强记忆并使我们的大脑保持敏锐。3C解析:该空设于段中,承接下文内容,说明词汇是思想的表达方式,有了大的词汇量,我们的思想表达也会更加容易。4F解析:该空设于段中,与上一句内容之间存在指代关系,说明网上的很多课程甚至是免费的。这里的them指代上一句提到的wonderful courses online。5A解析:该空设于段首,是一个主题句。本段主要讲自己创业,并提高企业家能力的原因。.语法填空Astronomers have taken the first ever photograph of a black hole. It lies in a
29、 far, distant galaxy called M87, _1_ is 500 million trillion km from the Earth. That big number is a five _2_ (follow) by twenty zeroes. Scientists think the black hole may have a diameter (直径) of 40 billion km and be three million times larger _3_ our planet.Lead astronomer Professor Heino Falcke w
30、as interviewed by BBC, _4_ (say), “The mass of the black hole is 6.5 billion times _5_ of the Sun. And it is one of the _6_ (heavy) black holes that weve discovered so far. It is _7_ (absolute) a monsterthe heavyweight champion of black holes in the universe.”The image (图像) of the black hole was tak
31、en by a set of eight telescopes called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). No single telescope _8_ (exist) that is powerful enough to get its image. A team of 200 scientists pointed the networked telescopes towards the M87 galaxy and scanned it over a period of 10 days. The information they had gathe
32、red _9_ (store) on hundreds of hard drives (硬盘). It was then processed to produce the image that is now a landmark in the space _10_ (explore). Professor Sheperd Doeleman called it “an extraordinary scientific achievement”本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍天文学家拍到了最大的黑洞照片,成为太空探索领域的里程碑。1which解析:考查定语从句。根据句子结构可知,此处为定语从句,非限
33、制性定语从句中缺少主语,先行词为“a far, distant galaxy”,故填which。2followed解析:考查非谓语动词。根据语境可知,此处过去分词修饰“a five”,表示“数字5后跟着20个0”,故填followed。3than解析:考查介词。根据语境及上文的larger可知,此处为比较级,表示“这个黑洞比我们的地球大三百万倍”,故填than。4saying解析:考查非谓语动词。根据语境可知,此处现在分词作伴随状语,且与句子的主语形成逻辑上的主谓关系,故填saying。5that解析:考查代词。根据语境可知,此句表示“黑洞的质量是太阳的质量的65亿倍”,此处缺少指代the m
34、ass的代词,故填that。6heaviest解析:考查形容词最高级。根据语境及上文的the可知,此句表示“这是我们迄今为止发现的最重的黑洞之一”,故填heaviest。7absolutely解析:考查副词。根据句子结构可知,此处副词作状语,故填absolutely。8exists解析:考查动词。根据语境及从句的时态可知,此句表示“单个能够捕获到这个图像的望远镜是不存在的”,主语为单数,故填exists。9was_stored解析:考查动词。根据语境及从句的时态可知,此句表示“科学家们收集到的信息被存在了成百上千个硬盘中”,主语为the information,故填was stored。10exploration解析:考查名词。根据语境及上文的space可知,此处应为名词形式,表示“太空探索”,故填exploration。